This Week in the Messenger 2/17/12

February 17th, 2012 Comments off

The Sirens of Our Age

By: Pastor Rod Schorr
Published: 2/17/12
Homer’s Odyssey is filled with memorable episodes, of course, but, by far, the most unforgettable, I believe, is the Island of the Sirens. It shows up in the twelfth book and it is certainly one of Homer’s masterpiece moments. Read more…

News from the Mission Field 2/17/12

February 16th, 2012 Comments off

Maaz-Luther

Mission Impact

Our family is on an adventure this week hosting Grace Lutheran Church from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. They are a delightful team of 14 adults. Selvin and I have been responsible for coordinating the housing, meals, and children’s ministry for the team. The team arrived early Sunday morning and we spent Monday – Wednesday at a Children’s home, “Fundacion el Castillo del amor para la ninez.” The team had prepared Bible Club activities to do with the children in the morning and in the afternoons we worked painting a dorm for new children who will arrive in two weeks. Today the team is serv ing at a Catholic home and school for children with HIV. Read more…

Winter Camp is this Friday!

February 7th, 2012 Comments off

Mission Impossible is the theme of our Kid’s winter camp 2012. We hope your child will be able to join us. Here is some information that you will need. We will be carpooling this year. Please bring $5 with your child for dinner on the way up to camp and their booster seat if needed. For questions please call 714-538-5528. WEATHER: 57 to 62 degrees during the day and 33 degrees at night.

Meeting here on February 10th @ 4pm (Leaving @ 4:30pm)
Coming back on February 12th @ 12:30pm

Click on the following link for the youth packet. Youth Medical Consent Packet & Event Release.
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This Week in the Messenger 1/29/12

January 29th, 2012 Comments off

Tenacity of Andean Proportions

Ed. Note: Pastor Rod is out the office this week. We include one of his articles from 2006.)
By: Pastor Rod Schorr

I‘ll admit that, as a kid, I used to laugh at them once in a while, but it didn’t take long for me to learn that the dumbest people on earth tell ‘Polish jokes’. (All you have to do is read!) I mean, let’s see…what exactly do we have here? One of history’s greatest scientists (Copernicus); one of the world’ s greatest composers (Chopin); one of the world’s greatest Read more…

Upcoming Sermon 1/29/12

January 29th, 2012 Comments off

It’s the only thing that will change your world!

Seismic Prayer
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken” Acts 4:18-31

Sermon by Pastor Rod Schorr
From the Series on the Gospel of Matthew:The Rise of the Servant-King